Editing Teching

'''Teching''' is the term used for researching Technological Advancements in order to gain any number of bonuses that affect your Dominion. Teching is often used for [[Converting]] strategies although can also be utilized well by [[Explorers]], rarely by [[Attackers]], and is the hallmark of [[Land Drop Attacking]]. By building [[Schools]], your Dominion will produce [[Production#Research Points|Research Points]] which can be traded in for a new tech once you have enough points. Teching is a slow strategy that enables your Dominion to have increased efficiency later in the round. It is very difficult to keep up with the top players if you decide to tech but by the end of the round, you should be able to grow more effectively than other Dominions around you that have not teched. An important thing to note is that most techers will only research a handful of Techs and will then R/R their Schools to another building (often Diamond Mines or Homes).

== Race Selection ==

Any race can be used to Tech although it is generally more efficient Races that will benefit most from Teching. The recommended races that benefit in the Base and Imp rulesets are:

* [[Gnome]]
* [[Human]]
* [[Troll]]
* [[Icekin]] - highly recommended to Tech

== Building Selection ==

Teching requires the construction of [[Schools]]. The number of Research Points produced is calculated by a formula:

 Produces 26 research points each hour per 1% of total land owned, up to a maximum of 1040 at 40% of total land owned.

== The Techs ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Advancement
! Bonus
! Prerequisites (only 1 required)
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Granaries
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +2.5% food production
| style="vertical-align: top;" | ''none''
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Planar Emissaries
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +7.5% mana production
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Granaries

Green Thumb

Banker's Friend
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Green Thumb
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +5% lumber production
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Planar Emissaries

Aquaponics
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Aquaponics
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +7.5% food production

-10% enemy fireball damage
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Green Thumb

Midas's Bargain

Miser's Grasp
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Midas's Bargain
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +2.5% platinum production
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Aquaponics

Industrial Machinery

Sleeper Agents
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Industrial Machinery
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +5% lumber production

+5% ore production
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Midas's Bargain

Siege Weaponry
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Siege Weaponry
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +20% wonder damage
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Industrial Machinery

Sneaky Spies

Explorer's Instinct
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Sneaky Spies
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -15% spy losses on failed operations

+10% resources gained from theft
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Siege Weaponry

Arcane Bloodlines

Wizard Nexus
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Arcane Bloodlines
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -5% cost of spies

-15% cost of wizards
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Sneaky Spies

Frugal Foragers
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Frugal Foragers
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -2.5% food consumption
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Arcane Bloodlines

Reforestation

Explorer's Intuition
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Reforestation
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -10% construction lumber cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | ''none''
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Surplus Management
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -10% food decay

-10% lumber rot

-10% mana drain
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Granaries

Miner's Spirit

Banker's Friend
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Banker's Friend
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +15% better exchange rates
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Planar Emissaries

Surplus Management

Ancient Mines

Prefabrication
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Prefabrication
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -5% construction platinum cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Banker's Friend

Miser's Grasp
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Miser's Grasp
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -25% resources lost to theft
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Aquaponics

Prefabrication
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Sleeper Agents
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -7.5% spy losses on failed operations

+1% maximum population
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Midas's Bargain

Master of Efficiency
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Explorer's Instinct
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -2.5% exploring platinum cost

-2.5% construction platinum cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Siege Weaponry

Master of Efficiency
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Wizard Nexus
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +1 wizard strength per hour
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Sneaky Spies

Preservationist

Pastoral Planner
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Preservationist
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -15% food decay

-15% lumber rot

-15% mana drain
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Wizard Nexus

Explorer's Intuition
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Explorer's Intuition
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -2.5% exploring platinum cost

-1 draftee per acre explore cost (min 6)
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Frugal Foragers

Preservationist

Architect's Touch

Fearless Adventurers
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Architect's Touch
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -2.5% construction platinum cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Reforestation

Explorer's Intuition

Mana Pools
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Miner's Spirit
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +5% ore production
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Surplus Management

Shipwright's Ingenuity
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Ancient Mines
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +2.5% gem production
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Banker's Friend

Trick of the Light
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Urg Smash Technique
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +7.5% lumber production

+7.5% refund when destroying buildings
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Dark Pact
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Dark Pact
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +5% wizard power

+7.5% mana production
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Urg Smash Technique

Miser's Grasp
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Master of Efficiency
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -1.75% military training cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Sleeper Agents

Explorer's Instinct
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Pastoral Planner
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +1.5% maximum population
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Wizard Nexus

Menace
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Explorer's Guile
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -7.5% exploring platinum cost

-2 draftee per acre explore cost (min 6)
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Architect's Flourish
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Fearless Adventurers
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -50% exploring morale drop
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Explorer's Intuition

Anti-Magic Sigils
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Mana Pools
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -10% cost of spells
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Architect's Touch

Night Watch
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Shipwright's Ingenuity
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +12.5% boat production
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Miner's Spirit

Trick of the Light

Weather Manipulation
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Trick of the Light
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +1 Fool's Gold protects ore/lumber

-20% Fool's Gold mana cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Ancient Mines

Shipwright's Ingenuity

Opulence
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Opulence
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +2.5% gem production

+7.5% ore production
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Trick of the Light

Midas's Fountain
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Midas's Fountain
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +5% platinum production
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Opulence
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Menace
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +1 mana production per tower

+2 mana production per tower for each war relation (max 2)
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Pastoral Planner
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Architect's Flourish
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -7.5% construction platinum cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Explorer's Guile

Anti-Magic Sigils
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Anti-Magic Sigils
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -1 black op spell duration
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Fearless Adventurers

Night Watch
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Night Watch
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -25% draftees lost in assassination attempts

-25% wizards lost in assassination attempts

-25% enemy disband spies damage
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Mana Pools

Anti-Magic Sigils

Ross' Benevolence
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Weather Manipulation
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +2.5% food production

-12.5% enemy lightning bolt damage
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Shipwright's Ingenuity

Lumberjack's Devotion

Urban Planner
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Lumberjack's Devotion
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -20% lumber rot

-10% construction lumber cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Weather Manipulation

Master of Resources
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Master of Resources
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -1.75% military training cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Lumberjack's Devotion

Jeweller's Delight
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Avatar of Ares
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +2.5% offensive power

+7.5% wizard power
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Surveyor's Sense
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Master of Discipline
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -1.75% military training cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Dark Artistry

Visionary Expansionist
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Dark Artistry
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +1 spy strength per hour

+1 wizard strength per hour
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Master of Discipline

Ross' Benevolence
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Ross' Benevolence
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -1% platinum tax from Royal Guard
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Night Watch

Dark Artistry

Survivalist Mentality
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Urban Planner
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +1.5% maximum population
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Weather Manipulation

Reinforced Bulwarks
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Jeweller's Delight
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +2.5% gem production

-5% cost of self spells
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Master of Resources

Reinforced Bulwarks
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | WaveHack's Expertise
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -5% construction platinum cost

-5% construction lumber cost

+3 boat capacity
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Spy Network

Field Surgery
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Surveyor's Sense
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -12.5% rezoning platinum cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Avatar of Ares

Ares' Favor
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Visionary Expansionist
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +1% maximum population

+15% population growth
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Master of Discipline

Rations
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Survivalist Mentality
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +5% fewer casualties

+7.5% increased prestige gains
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Ross' Benevolence

Rations
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Reinforced Bulwarks
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +30% bonus to harbor investment

+30% bonus to towers investment
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Urban Planner

Jeweller's Delight

Tributary System
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Spy Network
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +1 spy strength per hour
| style="vertical-align: top;" | WaveHack's Expertise

Tributary System

Battle Commanders
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Field Surgery
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +0.75% maximum population

+7.5% fewer casualties
| style="vertical-align: top;" | WaveHack's Expertise
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Ares' Favor
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +2.5% offensive power
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Surveyor's Sense

Bunk Beds

Public Baths
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Rations
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -2.5% food consumption

+2 population from barren land
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Visionary Expansionist

Survivalist Mentality

Public Baths
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Tributary System
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +60% food production from prestige
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Reinforced Bulwarks

Spy Network

Centralized Intelligence
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Battle Commanders
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +7.5% fewer casualties
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Spy Network

Carpenter's Knowhow
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Bunk Beds
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +2 barracks housing
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Ares' Favor

Carpenter's Knowhow
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Public Baths
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +30% population growth
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Ares' Favor

Rations

Ancestral Knowledge
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Centralized Intelligence
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -15% cost of spies

-5% cost of wizards
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Tributary System

Military Culture
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Carpenter's Knowhow
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -2.5% construction platinum cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Battle Commanders

Bunk Beds

Military Culture

Surveyor's Insight
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Ancestral Knowledge
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -25% cost of racial spells
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Public Baths

Surveyor's Insight
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Military Culture
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +5% increased prestige gains
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Centralized Intelligence

Carpenter's Knowhow

Battle Tactics
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Surveyor's Insight
| style="vertical-align: top;" | -7.5% rezoning platinum cost
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Carpenter's Knowhow

Ancestral Knowledge

Battle Tactics
|-
| style="vertical-align: top;" | Battle Tactics
| style="vertical-align: top;" | +5% fewer casualties
| style="vertical-align: top;" | ''none''
|-
|}

The full tech tree looks like this: 

[[File:Tech_Tree_Visualised.gif]]

== General Information ==

Teching is a very slow strategy. It almost always coincides with a Converting strategy as many of the Techs are geared towards attacking. Teching can be very useful for players who do not have much time to invest into the game early in the round, but wish to compete later on. New or inexperienced players may also benefit from teching. Also note that for multiple techs with the same bonus it is additive when it stacks i.e.: picking the tech Midas's Bargain gives you a +2.5% platinum production, whereas Midas's Fountain gives a bonus of +5% platinum production. Therefore when you unlock both of these then your total bonus is 2.5% + 5% = 7.5%.

== Formulas ==

=== Tech Cost ===

Tech cost for research points is a flat 10,000 research points per tech. Plus at least one of any prerequired techs.

=== Invasion RPs ===

Players may also obtain research points by attacking. The formula for gaining research points through invasion is as follows:

<code>[max(1100, daysInRound/0.027) + (Schools/Land * 100 * 26 * 150%)] * (1 - max(0, (recentlyInvadedCount - 2) * 0.2))</code>

This includes both a flat RP gain and a bonus equivalent to 150% of your hourly RP production. However, the bonus is reduced if you have been recently invaded.

For attacks under 75% there is no bonus based on production and the flat rate bonus is halved. Attacks under 60% receive no RP gain on successful invasions.

=== Pros ===
* Great efficiency can be enjoyed late round
* Allows less experienced players to compete effectively late round 

=== Cons ===
* Very few, if any winners from teching
* Slow; Techers make very little impact throughout the round 

=== Recommendations ===
* Great for Converters
* Inexperienced players